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Great Plains fossils found near Ogallala
By Kari Mott
Stiff Reporter _
’ Nine-million-year-old fossils dis
covered at Lake McConaughy in
western Nebraska are the first to be
discovered on the Great Plains, said
Michael Voorhies, a curator and
coordinator of vertebrate paleontol
ogy and professor of museum and
geology at the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln.
Voorhies spoke to a full house of
university students, professors and
others interested in the discovery at
St. Mark’s-on-the-Campus, 13th and
R streets Wednesday afternoon.
The fossils were found during
underwater dives from 1985 to 1988
by a volunteer team of scuba divers
led by Jim Landon, a science teacher
at Seward High School.
Others on the dive included: Greg
Brown, the chief preparator for the
research division of the Nebraska
Stale Museum; Martha Nelson, a for
mer employee of the state museum
and certified diver and George Cor
nor, the collection manager at Ne
braska Hall.
The team made a preliminary dive
in 1985 when they first found a num
ber of fossils including the tooth of a
saber-tooth cat.
The first full scale scuba expedi
tion was in 1986. All exploration was
done at a 15-foot-deep site 50 feet
from the north shore of the lake near
Ogallala.,
Having a site underwater brought
different problems, Voorhies said.
One problem was that the team
could only cover a few feet per dive
because it became dark from up
turned soil.
The solution was a dredge, pur
chased by the Nebraska Gem and
Mineral Club. The dredge vacuumed
up the silt and clay, he said.
But this summer’s drought drained
the site and exposed it for a short time,
Voorhies said.
“The most interesting thing from
the site is a great abundance of car
nivorous animals,” Voorhies said.
He said only one carnivorous bone
is usually found out of 100.
At the Lake McConaughy site 58
large mammals were found, 12 were
carnivores and more than one-fifth
were large predators.
The most common carnivore
found was the Epicyon, which is like
a large dog whose front legs are
longer than the back legs, said
Voorhies.
“As far as I know no one has found
-a Epicyon skeleton, only bits and
pieces,” said Voorhies.
Voorhies said he thinks the site
may have been a carnivore lair be
cause the number of plant-eating fos
sils left behind are broken up and
gnawed while the meat-eating fossils
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Minority students offered
UNL job search services
By David G. Young
Staff Reporter
Minority students were given the
opportunity to explore services avail
able from the Career Planning and
Placement Center and the Student
Counseling Center at Minority Ca
reer Exploration Night Wednesday.
About 70 University of Ncbraska
Lincoin students came to the event at
the Commonplace on 14th and R
streets.
Larry Ruth, director of the Career
Planning and Placement Office, and
Jake Kirkland, academic advisor/
counselor for the Student Center, il
lustrated their programs to students.
Paul Miles, of the vice chancellor
for student affairs office, organized
the workshop from five university
offices.
Other organizations involved in
the program arc the Multicultural
Affairs Office and the Affirmative
Acjiftg Office.
TUWen me minor uy siuuems
arcn ’ t aware or notified of the particu
lar services that arc avai lablc to them,
for some reason or another,” said
Miles. “Minority students in general
don’t feel like (employers) are inter
ested in them in particular. That’s an
untrue accusation.”
As part of their effort, the work
shop sponsors collected information
from the students regarding their ar
eas of interest. Miles said the Career
Planning and Placement Office will
use this information to bring to UNL
corporations of special interest to
minorities.
Jimmi Smith, director of the Mul
ticultural Affairs Office, said this
program was possible because more
people arc aware of Appreciating
Cultural Diversity, which has been
stressed this year.
“Now the Career Planning and
Placement Office will become an
office for everybody and not just the
middle class students,” said Smith.
Elizabeth Millar, graduate advisor
for the Afrikan People’s Union, said
minority students arc a big asset to the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
“It’s like a garden. You can’t have
a garden fullof all white flowers. Red,
yellow and green, and all colors
mixed together make it much more
beautiful,” she said.
Miles said he hopes the workshop
will be expanded throughout next
semester.
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